Metal For Life with Metal Mike: More Workout Tips to Keep Your Chops in Shape

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Last month, I presented some effective exercises to add to your everyday practice regimen to keep your chops in tip-top shape.

This month, I’d like to continue on this theme and give you three more great exercises designed to sharpen your fret- and pick-hand skills while also broadening your fretboard knowledge.

FIGURE 1 is an exercise that moves across two adjacent strings at a time, starting from a higher string and moving to the adjacent lower string.